House and Garden 
RUUD 
Automatic Gas 
Water Heater 
is the most wonderful of all household inventions. It burns gas, and actually regu¬ 
lates its O'lx'si fuel njohile in operation, giving maximum results at minimum cost. 
The water flows scalding hot until faucet is closed, this simple act shiuting off the 
gas altogether and stopping fuel expense. Adapted to natural or artificial gas. 
Easy to attach in your basement to pipes already installed. 
It takes a book to tell about it. Write f r this FREBl book to-day and for list of families 
iu your vicinity who use the Ruud. 
RUUD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Dept. F, Pittsborgh, Pa. 
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All this is possible without the 
unsightly kitchen range boiler with 
its extreme heat and many other 
drawbacks. With a Ruud Auto¬ 
matic Gas Water Heater connected 
to the water pipes in the base¬ 
ment, you merely turn any hot water 
faucet in the house for an unlimited 
supply of clean, hot water. Does not 
raise the heat of the house a fraction of a 
degree. Laundry,, kitchen or bathroom — 
singly or all together—it makes no difference 
--the hot water comes in ten seconds from the 
time you turn the faucet — enough for a shave, 
a big wash, or twenty baths. The 
Decorative 
Cloths 
THE 
HOLLISTON 
MILLS 
Used by the highest class decora¬ 
tors in the country and found 
superior to any other wall covering 
NORWOOD, MASS. 
U. S. A. 
Absolutely sanitary—will not hold dust—colors are fast, lasting and match perfectly. 
New York Office No. 67 Fifth Avenue 
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For Heating any Description of Building by SteamorHot Water 
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GURNEY HEATER MANUFACTURING CO. t 
NEW YORK OFFICE 12 E 42115 ST. 186-200 FRANKLIN ST BOSTONv . 
blower, Leon E. Dessez, Waddy B. 
Wood, Snowden Ashford; Percy Ash, 
Secretary. 
The committee acknowledges its in¬ 
debtedness to members of the Wash¬ 
ington Board of Trade and Washington 
Chamber of Commerce for contributions 
to the Prize Fund. 
CORRESPONDENCE 
REDECORATING A COUNTRY HOME 
U ECOGNIZING the value of your 
department I wish to ask your 
advice and co-operation in redecorating 
and painting my country home, having 
every confidence in your ability to make 
up artistically what my little home lacks 
architecturally. Do you consider the 
spring or fall the best time for outside 
painting ? 
We are in the hill country, my own 
particular hill having an elevation of 
about 600 feet, the house standing on a 
six-foot terrace surrounded by an exten¬ 
sive lawn, deciduous and evergreen trees 
well divided on the four acres, but on the 
lawn most stately Norway spruces. No 
tree however within fifty feet of house. 
Atmosphere clear and dry. 
What color do you suggest for outside 
of house, barns, dog kennels, etc. ? I 
enclose photographs showing both sides 
of the house also a rough sketch of first 
floor which may help you on interior 
decoration. The basement kitchen, 
twelve by fifteen feet, has an east win¬ 
dow and a south door, a four foot Flem¬ 
ish oak wainscoting, doors white. I 
rather favor a Dutch kitchen, if you 
will give details, unless you advise differ¬ 
ently (walls painted). 
The standing woodwork of first floor 
(see sketch) is white except dining-room 
which is black to match Flemish oak 
furniture. No wainscoting. Would 
you suggest a Dutch shelf? All ceilings 
are nine feet four inches with old-fash¬ 
ioned cornices all round. Hall runs 
through house connecting both piazzas. 
Main bedrooms on second floor practi¬ 
cally identical with lower rooms except 
that room over library is divided giving 
a bath-room of about eight foot six by 
fifteen which I would like attractive and 
hygienic. It has a four-foot golden oak 
wainscoting which I do not like. All 
floors are quartered oak. Those on first 
floor have a border of mahogany. I 
think I have given all details and will 
leave the rest to you. 
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